Google Base launches as possible online classifieds contender

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Google Base, a service that allows people to upload content on a publicly searchable online database, launched today. The product works somewhat similarly to craigslist, making it possible to quickly and easily create a free post that will appear online and can be located by searching specific terms, such as "real estate for sale." "Google Base is a place where you can easily submit all types of online and offline content that we'll host and make searchable online," the company said on its Web site. The service gives a unique Web address to each user's content, allowing people to easily post information without the need to create and maintain a Web page. Based on the relevance of the items submitted, they may also be included in the main Google search index and other Google products ...